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91 Cards in this Set
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Lefkandi Centaur |
950-900 Human legs, notch in knee, possibly Chiron |
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Dipylon Amphora |
750 Carriedon both sides, 4-5ft tall, funeral scene of woman |
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Dipylon Ivory |
750-730 Funerary,burial place for rich people because of material used, both near Eastern andGreek elements. Hat and nudity neareastern, Greek posture and shape |
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Bronze Horse |
750-700 Veryunnatural back, piglike snout, odd shaped legs |
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Hirshfeld Krater |
740 Krater - used for mixing wind and water. Funeralscene of man |
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Alalytos Painter |
700 Amphora, has more naturalistic paintings than Dipylon amphora |
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Mantiklos' Apollo |
700-675 Votif - offering to Gods. Bronze or Ivory. |
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Hera from Samos |
650 Tied the statue down to its base |
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Nikeandre |
650 Victory over man, statue of Artemis, Daidalic - Triangular face, wiglike hair, ears stick out, tightly belted waist |
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Nettos Painter |
650-640 Scary gorgon sisters, knielauf, Heracles and Nettos fighting |
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Eleusis Amphora |
640 Gorgons chasing Perseus on bottom, Odysseus and cyclops on top |
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Kouros |
600-590 Frontal, arms straight down, left foot forward, nude and young, funerary or votive, archaic, really tall over lifesize |
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Artemis Temple, Corfu |
600-580 Frontal face, surrounded by lions, apotropaic |
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Moskophoros |
570 Calf bearer, distorted reality to make sculpture with 'x' pattern of human arms and calf legs |
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Phrasikleia |
~550 Funerary, wears a crown of lotus buds, lotus or pomegranite in hand. Kore - young virgin woman. "Kore I will always be called for that is the fate the gods allotted instead of marriage. |
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Lion and Bull Pediment |
550 Apotropaic, male lion with mane, female lion with tits |
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Blue Beard Pediment |
550 Three figures share wings, attributes represent three parties of Athens, water (waves), plains (wheat), and flying (bird) |
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Medusa Pediment Remains |
550 Volutes for ears, fangs, tongue sticking out |
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Hydra Pediment |
550 Low relief, (not completely cut statues, cut into a backboard), single scene of Heracles defeating hydra |
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Kroisos |
~530 Thunder thighs, big cheeks, defined chin, bulging eyes, natural ears, natural curls, smiling. More life like sized than Kouros |
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Aristoen Haplite Stele |
530 Man with beard, frontal eye, may have been commissioned by wife because he is portrayed older, shield in left, spear in right |
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Peploskore |
530 Named after peplos garment, heavy wool, agalma (delight), smile, bulging eyes |
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Chiotekore |
520 Named after chiton garment, light linen, bulging eyes, smile |
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Ballplayer base |
510 Likely had a kouros statue on top, base shows human body in motion, uses foreshortening to create 3d feeling on flat surface |
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Aristodikos |
510 Short hair, natural ears, no round cheeks or protruding chin, arms bent |
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Euphronios |
510 Pottery, human body in motion, covers up some features with garments because artist doesn't know how to show that motion. Ex, covers turn of waist with a garment in the leftmost man |
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Euthymedes |
510 Pottery, human body in motion, able to pretty accurately show motion, line down back for turn of waist, "I did what Euphronios could never do" |
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La Delicata |
510-500 The delicate one, no bulging eyes, thicker eyelids, no smile, simplified drapery, hair frames head nicely |
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Euthydikos |
480 Last kore in Athens, mouth pouting, face moving towards severe |
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Blonde Boy |
480 Thicker eyelids, heavier jaw, short hair that is braided and wrapped around head |
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Kritos Boy |
480 Right leg forward, not a kouros, knee bent and hip sway, inlaid eyes |
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Delphi Charioteer |
478-474 Commemorate victory of chariot games, made of bronze |
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The Riacci Bronzes |
470 Over lifesize, Found in sea, statue 'A' likely hero or god, statue 'B' older warrior hero |
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Girl with Doves |
470 Somber, heavy woolen garment, stele, holding dove, funerary |
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Grave Stele from Rhodes |
470 Funerary, woman sitting, slave holding 'pyxis' bag, probably with makeup in it |
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus |
474-457 |
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Olympia, Pediments from Temple of Zeus |
470-457 East - Myth of Ellis West, Centuaromachy |
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Athena Nike |
425 Displays Athena three times in victory wings, 'sandalbinder' stands out because of unnatural position made natural by drapery |
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Daidalic |
Part of Orientalizing period from 700-600. Triangle face, wiglike hair, tightly belted waist, ears stick straight out |
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Dark Age |
1100-900 Fall of Myceneans, not a lot of art survived. |
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Protogeometric |
1050-900 Beginning of amphora, krater, oinochoe, cups |
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Geometric |
900-700 Amphora, Krater, Oinochoe, cups, all have more defined decorations such as meander (crosshatch, squares, trangles) |
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Orientalizing |
700-600 Inspired by eastern cultures and poetry, started somewhat copying Egypt art, start seeing daidalic |
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Archaic |
600-480 Start seeing more naturalistic scuptures, kouros, kore |
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Heirarchaic |
~550-520* (not positive on these dates) Transition period, start seeing smile, bulging eyes, more natural curls, etc |
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Severe |
480-450 Heavier clothes, heavier face, no smile |
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Agalma |
Delight |
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Akroterion |
Something mounted at the top of something, such as a statue atop a pillar |
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Anthropomorphic |
Ascribing human form or attributes to a being that is not human, such as a god or deity. Making gods look like humans |
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Antediluvian |
Before/against the flood |
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Apotropaic |
The ability to ward off evil |
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Chiton |
Lighter linen dress, worn by Kore |
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Cult statue |
Statue of deity that is worshipped religiously |
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Do ut des |
I give so that I might get |
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Ekphora |
Funeral procession
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Epihets |
Objects carried, worn, or placed next to a statue distinguishing gods from humans. Humans did not have epithets unless they were dead |
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Ethos |
Attempt to find inner character, inner character portrayed in painting or sculpture |
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Foreshortining |
Portray 3d images on a flat surface |
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Frieze |
Long carvings around building Ionic friezes are continuous Doric friezes are separated |
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Ionic |
Skinny columns, volutes at top, fluted |
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Doric |
Fat columns, no volutes, fluted |
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Hekatompedon |
100ft building |
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Himation |
Heavy cloak worn over one shoulder by Kore |
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Hoplites |
Main type of soldier, round shield in left hand, spear in right |
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Hubris |
Extreme pride or self confidence |
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Karyatids |
Females that replace columns in buildings |
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Knielauf |
To run with a bended knee |
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Krater |
Pot used for mixing wine, grave marker for males |
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Kore/Kori |
Singular/Plural Female Virgins |
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Kouros/Koroi |
Singular/Plural males |
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Lekythos |
Big spout, short neck, sharp shoulders, long body, used for storing oil |
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Miasma |
Spiritual pollution |
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Pathos |
Sadness (Not sure if this is accurate) |
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Peoplos |
Heavy woolen garment and attribute of Athena, also worn by Kore |
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Polychromy |
Painted sculpture in antiquity |
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Realism |
Attempt to depict art truthfully, not used because too close to gods, we use naturalism instead |
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Relief |
Technique where background is cut away to give scupture raised look |
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Sillouette |
Everything has its own space, no overlapping |
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Slip |
Same chemical composition as clay, produced by taking the clay and adding more water, able to adhere to the surface of the pot since same composition |
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Stele |
Square or rectangular, painted or written on or used for sculpture |
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Suppliant |
A person who cannot be killed because they are under Zeus' protection, usually represented by hand touching persecutor's chin |
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Tyrannicides |
The killing or assassination of a tyrant |
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Votive/Votif offering |
Ex voto, offered as a vow to a god. Sometimes accompanied by asking a favor from a god |
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Wasters |
Pieces of metal with slip on it to test the temperature of a kiln |
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Temple of Aphaia |
510-480 East Pediment - Warrior shown dying miserably West Pediment - Warrior shown dying happily |
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus East Pediment |
470-457 Local myth of Ellion, features Oinomaos and Pelops swearing to Zeus they will not cheat |
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Olympia, Temple of Zeus West Pediment |
470-457 Centauromachy |
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Olympia, Temple of Zeues Heracles Labor Metopes |
470-457 First labor of Heracles is only one where he isn't bearded, others showing Heracles shoveling, holding sky |
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Zeus and Ganymede |
480 Trojan prince, Zeus takes him to Olympus, terracotta sculpture |
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Nike of Painioas |
421 Victory wreath in left hand, descending in air, wind blowing drapery back, stood 40ft high on triangular pillar |
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Hermes |
350-340 Holding grapes and young Dionysis, Hermes a trickster, 'S' curve in body, sculpted by Praxiteles |
